Railroad crossing



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J. T. MABBE Y.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

Patented May 1, 1888.

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I RAILROAD CROSSING. No. 382,173. Patented May 1, 1888.

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NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE T. MABBEY, OF FOREST, OHIO.

RAILROAD-CROSSING.

SPECIEPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 882,173, dated May 1, 1888i 7 Application filed January 30,1888. Serial No. 262,453. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE T. MABBEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Forest, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Crossings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-crossings,having for its object, primarily, the provision of simple and eflicient means for moving sections of a cross-track of a railroad to permit of the passage of a train or trains on the main tracks, and also to provide means whereby a train on the crosstrack willcross the main tracks without injury to the rails of the latter track and without jolting of the train.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the pivoted sections of the cross-rails will be lowered when displaced and to occupy the proper position on a line with the other parts of the rail when set for the passage of a train on the crosstrack; and my invention also comprises means for operat ing the sections for a double track, and the same are also applicable to a single track or to two double tracks.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide means for preventing thelateral displace ment of the rails of the main track and to hold the same always parallel to each other.

With these objects in view my invention comprises the detail construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 isacrosssectional view on the line as as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3 Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6,7, and 8 are detail views; and Fig. 9 isa view of a modification.

Referring to the drawings, A A designat the main track; or the latter may be used as a side track and the former as the main track.

Bindicates the cross-track, the rails of which at the point of crossing are slightly above and are designed to project over the rails of the main track. The rails an of each main track are additionally secured or held in position to their ordinary retaining ties by means of transverse securing-plates a a,which extend under the rails, and are secured in position on the inner. sides of said rails by means of the spikes a, driven therethrough and bearing against recesses in the flanges of the rails. These plates are designed to prevent the lateral displacement of the rails of the main tracks with relation to each other, and thereby said rails are always held parallel. Upon their outer sides these rails are braced or supported by means of chairs b b, which are secured against the outer sides of the rails and have grooved outer sides, into which grooves project the ends of the adjoining rails 12 b of the cross-line B, the tread of each of said rails of the cross line being extended onto the upper surface of said chairs, as shown.

(3 O are supporting-plates, rigidly secured two to each of the transverse plates a a, and said plates have their upper surfaces curved or inclined in opposite directions, as at c 0 O O are flat plates having outwardly-prm jecting inclined bent arms d (2, said plates be ing secured at their widened flattened por tions on the upper sides of longitudinal cross bars (1' d',running parallel with the rails of the main line. Two of these plates having inclined bent arms are placed adjoining the inner side of each rail, so that their curved arms will project inwardly toward the center of the track,and said arms are secured at their outer lower ends to the upper sides of the ties or sleepers E.

Upon the upper surfaces of thelongitudinal bars at are secured retaining-plates d W, having upwardly-projecting portions, as shown. Two of these securing-plates are placed upon each of said longitudinal bars and extend each in the same direction, but opposite to those of the adjoining parallel bars (1, as shown.

- F F are pivoted rail-sections, designed to have an-inner and outer upward and down ward movement, the object of which is to per mit of their being lowered below or on a line with the surface of the rails of the main track. These pivoted rail-sections are provided with apertured ears orlugs f f, through which short projecting posts f f of the transverse plates a a are projected, forming a pivotal point for said sections. The opposite sections are concars or lugs f f. These apertured ears or lugsf'f? have vertical portions, which are secured against the inner opposite sides of the webs of the rails by means ofbolts passed therethrough; or, if desired, said apertured lugs can be secured to one continuous plate, as shown in Fig. 9, which plate is likewise secured to the sides of the web of the rail. These rail-sections are designed to rest upon the flatplates GGwhen in their normal positions, and to slide or move upon the curved or bent arms (1 (1 when thrown out of position,

whereby they will raise or lower on their pivotal posts, and each of these rail-sections has its tread projecting at its ends, as at g y, some distance beyond the main or body portion of the rails, as shown, whereby when in position said projecting portions of the treads will extend over the treads of the rails of the mainttrack and fit snugly againstthe adjoining ends of the rails of the cross-track and bear upon the upper surfaces of the chairs b Z).

G' is a stationary post secured, preferably, between the tracks of the main line, and has secured thereto a hoop or band, 9, provided in its upper edges with two notches, g To this post is hinged or otherwise pivotally secured a second movable post, H, to which is secured one end of a right-angular arm, 71-, and to the outer end of this are pivotally secured the inner ends of two similar arms or pitmen, h h, to the outer ends of which are likewise pivotally secured the meeting ends of the long and short arms h h of jointed levers I. The outer ends of the long arms h of these double levers I are each pivotal] y secured to a tie of the main track, and the outer ends of the short armslfh of said leverslare likewise pivotally secured to apertured ears or lugs t t, secured to the outer sides of the webs of the adjoining rail-sections, as shown.

J is a long horizontal rod projecting through an aperture in the upper portion of the hinged post H, and at its outer ends it carries signals jj, in which are formed openings jj, so that lanterns can be hung therein for giving signals at night, as is obvious.

K is an arm or lever rigidly secured at one end in the hinged post H, and is designed to rest upon the upper edge of the hoop or band 9, and to be secured in either one of the notches or recesses g 9 From the foregoing description it will be seen that, supposing the cross-track to be in positionfor the passage of the train thereover and it is desired to provide for thepassage of the train or trains of one or both of the tracks of the main line, the operator, by removing the arm or lever K from the notch g and forcing the same around to the notch 9 will effect through the agency of the pivoted arms h and jointed levers I I the displacement of the pivoted sections of the rails of the cross-line, said pivoted sections being lowered beneath or on a line with the upper surfaces of the treads of the rails of the main line by reason of their movement on the. curved. in-

clined arms d. WVhen in this position, the signal-bar is on a line-parallel with the main tracks, and consequently projects over the cross-line, so as to give a signal to an approaching train on that line of the disjointed ported by supporting-plates O G, and are held.

by means of the curved projecting plates d 01 against the under sides of the upwardly-projecting portions of which bear the flanges of the rail-sections. The rails of the cross-line are now in the position for the passage of a train thereover, and when the parts are in this position the signal-rod is parallel with the cross-line and the signals overhang the main tracks for giving signal to any approaching trains.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and the same comprises advantages in points of simplicity, durability, general efficiency, and inexpensiveness, and by means thereof the connecting rail-sections of a cross-track can at one time be removed from the double tracks of the main line, and said rail-sections are lowered beneath or on a line with the treads of the rails of said main lines, so as to permit of the unobstructed passage of trains thereover.

It will be understood that without departing from the spirit of my invention changes in the construction and arrangement thereof can be made, and it will also be understood that if the crossline is composed of a double track similar to that illustrated on the main line the parts herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings can be duplicated, so as to operate the rail-sections of the other track simultaneous with those described.

I claim as my invention- 1. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, the rail-sections pivoted at their centers and the bent inclined arms over which said railsections move, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, the rail-sections pivotally secured at their centers, the arms f pivotally connected to said rail sections, the bent inclined arms 0, and the supporting'plates 0, having inclined upper surfaces, substantially as shown and described.

3. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, the pivoted rail-sections having the connecting-arms, the bent inclined arms over which said rail-sections move, the hinged post, the pivoted arms connected thereto, and the j ointed levers, substantially as shown and. described.

- 4. The combination, with the stationary post, of thehinged post secured thereto and the outer sides of said rails, substantially as having a right-angular arm or bracket, the shown and described, whereby said rails are grooved hoop or band, the arm or lever, the held as against lateral displacement with repivoted rai1-sections, thejointed levers and lation to each other, as stated.

' 5 the connecting-arms secured to said right-an- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 1 gular arm or bracket, and the signal rod or presence of two witnesses. bar, substantially as shown and described. JESSE T. MABBEY.

5. As an improvement in railroad-crossings, Witnesses: the transverse plates a, secured to the rails CHARLES H. RODGERS,

IO by ineans of spikes, and the chairs secured on J As. G. TOWERS. 

